EPFO: How to do biometric authentication of Digital Life Certificates or Jeevan Pramaan for pension benefits? You must to do this!

For availing seamless pension benefits from the retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), senior citizens must have a biometric authentication of their Digital Life Certificates. Biometric authentication can be done by visiting EPFO offices.

Biometric Authentication of Digital Life Certificates for seamless pension benefits can also be done at pension disbursing bank, UMANG App, common service centre and IPPB/Post Office/Post Office.

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The validity of Digital Life Certificates is 1 year from the date of submission.

Digital Life Certificates - Biometric Authentication Requirements:

1. Aadhaar Number
2. PPO Number
3. Bank Details
4. Mobile number

Jeevan Pramaan is a biometric enabled Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certificate for pensioners. Jeevan Pramaan i.e DLC is generated for individual pensioner using his/her Aadhaar number and Biometrics.

How to Download JeevanPramaan application for windows ?

1. To download the jeevanpramaan application click on 'Download' tab on https://jeevanpramaan.gov.in

2. Provide email-id, captcha and click on 'I agree to Download'.

3. You will receive OTP on your email-id - enter the otp.

4. On entering correct OTP the download page appears - click on 'Download For Windows OS'

5. you will receive download link on your e-mail-id - link can be clicked only once after that it expires - Click on it.

6. A .zip file containing the jeevanpramaan application will get downloaded – unzip the .zip file, - after unzipping follow instructions provided in 'client installation document'.

How is this different from traditional Life Certificate issued by Govt Officers/ Agencies?

For Jeevan Pramaan (DLC) the pensioner is not required to present himself/ herself personally before the Pension Disbursing Officer. DLC does not have to be submitted physically to the Pension Disbursing Agency ( Bank/Post Office etc ) as it is available to them digitally and. is automatically processed by the Pension Disbursing Agency. Also each DLC has a unique id called the Pramaan-Id.